Rail-joint.



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M. E. SEMELB.

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MEAD E. SEMPRE, Ol SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL- Specification of Letters Patent.

JOINT.

Patented March 1G, 190g.

Application filed April 30, 1907. Serial No. 371,092.

To all wlzonrfit 'may crnzccrn:

Bc it. known that l, MPL-xn l). Smivpn, citig 'l`h0 prcscnt` invention relatos to ccrtain.

now and useful iinprovonwnts in rail joints,

and inoro particularly to n novcl torni ol'` chair rccciving thc rail cnds and locking tlnl sainc against oithor vcrtical or la tcral` displaccincnt with rola-tion to cach othcr.

Tinx invention has for its ohjcct to dcsign a simple and cflicicnt chair which can hc readily appliod to tho rail cnds and which locks thc sainc sccurcly against displaccnwnt without thc ncccssity ol' cinplo \ing bolts or similar fastcning incinhors cxtcnding through thv Wol) portions ol: tht` rails.

For a t'nll dvscription ol' thv invcnt'ion and thc incrits thcrcot und also to acquiro a lmowlcdgt` of thc dotails ol' construction and thc nicans l'or cil'crling thtl risult, rcl'crcncc is to lic had to thc l'ollowing dcscription and accoinpnnying drawings, in which:

Figure l is n )crs )octivc viow ol' thc iin- 1 provcd rail joint. Fig. 2 is a transwrsc scrtional vicw through tho salnc.

(lorrcsponding and lilu parts aro rcl'orrcd tro in tvlic l'ollturingrdost'ription and indit'atod in all thc vicws ol' tho drawings h thc santo rclcronco charartcrs.

Spccilitallydcscrihingthc prcscnl cinhodiinout ot' tho invcntion thc nuincrals l and 2 dcsignato thc abutting rail cnds which arc roccivcd within tlul ilnprovod chair nunilcr Il. 'lliis cha-ir Il colnprisos tht` hasn l tilting undor thc rail cnds, and th(` oppositcl)Y disl` posod wings 5 locatcd upon opposi'ttx sidos ol' 1 liach oi thc wings 5 compi-mcs f thc rails. an upright. orw'vrtical portion t litting against thc wol) olI thc rails, and an inclincd portion? cxtfcnding overt-hc hascol' tho rails and ttl'tninoting at ono sido of tho liasc 4. longitudinal odge ol' cach oltho wrtical portions otl thc wings is cui-vcd outwardly as indicati-d at 8 and thc lowcr portion of tho l rail l1 xads has a corresponding curved formation as lndltatfll at l); The s )acc hctwoon thv u u'ight portions of l t fthe wings .3 is normally slightlloss than the.

L thicls'nos's ot thc wel) ol' thtJ rail and the said wings haw a spring action and ongage the rails to prcwnt any loosvncss in they inumhers y ol' thc joint. .ittcntion may also ho dire'cted to thc l'act. that owing to the curved edge portion h ol' tln` wings 5 and thol correspondingly curvod hastx tl olI tht` rail heads the said wings would hc tort-cd slightlyY apart by the action ot' an); wvight upon thc rails andthe l ol the` chair should hy chanctA thc depth of thc rail he slightly loss than tho hcight ofthe wings Spikc rvcching openings l() are l'ornicd on oppositc sidcs ol' thc chair 3f the said opcnings protorahly vxtonding through thc inclinod portions ot' tho wings and living in cointnunication with tho rail roc-Civing sparc within tho chair whcrvhy th(` spikes l ll aro pcrinittod to ongago with notches l2 in tho hascs ol thc rail rnds and lock the lattcr against longitudinal tuovonicnt within f tho chair.

l in tho chair wings adjarout tin spike. receivf ing opcnings l() and scrw to rocciv'c the g spilnl hoads and l'orin housings l'or tho saine whcrcln' tho said spilit` hcads arc protected l'roni in ilir)Y as hy living cotnplottiy shcarod o'tl' hy a projection pcndont t'roni thc rolling' stock.

Having thus dcscrihcd tliplihjvcntion, what is cla-inud as now is: .v

ln a rail punt. thoI combination oto chair comprising a hasn and a pair ol' oppo; 'tvoly dispos-cd wings, cach wing boing'iornnllkwith a vcrtica-l portion and an inclincd portion and spiltc rccoiving opcnings lming provided in opposito sitlcs ol' tho chair` thc said spike rccriving opcnings 'comtnunicating with the rail rvcoiving spacc within thc chair and passing through thc inclincd portionsol' thcwings, thc vl-rlical portions thorcol' living provided 'with cutI away port-ions locai'vd adjaccnt the spiltc rocciving opcnings and ttiii'iinnting in shouldcrs serving to engage the spikeulyicads rails allowcd to hcar dircctly upon the base.

tut away portions lil arc iormod E senses which fficev inwardly and are partly housed spend to the outwardly curved upper edges l0 Within 'the out awa edges of the verticeJ and abutting rail ends received Within the chair and having the bases thereof formed with notches designed to register with the spike receiving o` enings in the chair, the lower portion of t e head of the rails being curved to oorreportions, the upper of the wings of the chair, substantially as portion of the wings described. being curved outward In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MEAD E. SEMPLE. [L. s]

Witnesses:

MoRRis NATHANSON, SAMUEL L. CAIREY. 

